The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-08-11

llu6 duu tuSu IOI usS uiilCo JOuA
trail meanders among powders.
The whole mountain is huge mass
of rocks of all sizes and shapes.
The Peak when reached is mass of
such stones.
The government keeps signal
station on the summit. The gov
eminent undertook two things and
failed: The erection of railroad
to the Peak and telegraph line. 1t
has abandoned both which affords
some idea of its character.
From timber line to the Peak it
was quite cold and stiff wind
blew. Our overcoa:s were called
into use. ! was thoroughly chilled
when | reached the government
station but soon thawed out by
warm stove and hot cup of coffee.
My lunch also was helpful in this
direction. Snow was plentiful. |
stood in the snow and held large
frozen blocks of it in my hand and
had my photograph taken on this
! Inc 5ru Gay Oh August.
l cannot speak here Of the views
from the Peak, of course they are
simply grand. l really was not in
a mood to enjoy the views much for
ghosts of narrow defiles and yawn-
ing precipices begun to haunt me
and l found myself wondering how
a horse could ever put on the brakes
sufficiently in going down that aw-
full hill to keep from falling head
long. And the return was not like
the ascent. A little distance suf-
feed to prove his trustworthiness
coming up, but things looked so
differently going down, and staying
at the right place on the horse be-
came very serious question. And
then it was for so long a distance
and didn't improve any the further
you went. You can hold up better
than you can hold back in riding
and holding back is much more
tiresome. Positively / was tempt
ed Ito wish l had never heard Of
Pixies Peak. Brown and |, after
managing to get to the hotel. were
asked by the clerk if we had a nice
day with a twinkle in his eye)
We told him how we felt, He ad
vised q soda bath after supper
Brown took 1t and / went across
the street to prayer meeting, think
ing it might be a peedful prepare
ton for meeting people, any one o
whom, especially if they be new ar
J rivals, is likely to ask you to join :
! Pixies Peak party for the morrow
You know that is just the thing
every ole thinks he must do at onc'
on getting off at Manitou.
} On arrival home, Brown threw
/ himself on his bed in his room
} which opens into mine. | don
t know whether he hit his bed befor
l did mine or not, but l had to qui
5 trying to rest and go to Laughing
, at. Browns groans. He vowed b
= had a fever-that he was Internal
t injured, that he had had a har,
S chill and would not be able to wal
t TO morrow. Some Of these thing
e were true for he was worse off thai
i l. | cheered him up all | could
= but for the life of me / could nc
S help laughing at him which mad
t me more and more sore through N
: body. AS he groaned and moane
= pictured him coming down tn
trail just in front of me. He is 5
years old and weighs about 20
pounds. The stable man gave hi
y the only big horse in the stable,
e long, lean, lank and leggy beas
t very tall and with very long an
= rather crooked neck. A frien
Q loaned me q straw hat but Brow
It wore a little travelling cap whic
e gave the sun fair chance at hi
o face aud the sun left him dull
e marked / can assure you. He sal
k "Haynes,if any man yesterday ever
x ing had told me l was as big foo
o as L now know myself to be ] woul
a have knocked him down. Now
8 would not resent anything any ma
s would say on that line"
e We were q sorry looking crew q
} we filed into town at 6 O'Clock thi
It evening. We looked limp and lone
e some and very much like we woul
IS be ashamed to own we had ever ha
l. any notion of going to Pixies Peak
It AS strangely happens always wit
d Peak tourists, we struggled in on
n at time and each one hunted th
e most quiet road to his livery stab
and the most sequestered dell dow
IS which he could walk to his hot,
If trying his utmost to walk as if /
= hadn't been TO the Peak, out hi
h gait betrayeth a Peak-worn trav
b eler.
n lost the companionship of Bish
.e op Hendrix from Pueblo to Helen;
: Montana, in order to have the da
d for the Peak. | was to meet hin
u to-day at Pueblo FROM which poir
II we were to start. He went on {
e course; l leave to morrow and wi
it make the trip alone of some 150
= miles, but what a quiet, thoughtfl
J. time | will have to ponder the tri
d to the Peak and mayhaps durin
" the solitude of the ride l can be
Il think me q more suitable peniten
II tial wall for the quasi-slight / pei
# petrated in one of my former letter
is on Rocky Mountain Scenery, i
l. contrasting it with prairies an
1t coming so near giving the latter th
a preference. wish / were not to
8, tired to say that nothing on whic
d my eyes ever rested and Toasted
e so potent in impressing a sense {
st ones exceeding littleness and God
b almighty power and goodness 6
Is this scenery mid which have thi
IS day roamed. One cannot though
l. fully view these canons and peak
n these crags and cataracts, cannC
L stand in the silence of a peak thre
n miles above sea level or roam ami
! the caverns and wales of these won
il derful mountains without realizin
it an uplift of soul and being made
= better man. e. +. HAYNES.
The Texas Election.
:, NEW ORLEANS, Aug. ga Fol
- Worth, Texas, dispatch to the ri
y cayune says: Complete and officit
returns received from eighty min